Learning More About Our Students

Learning More About Our Students

Librarians’ Adventures in the Land of Academic Advising and Writing

Consultation

Barbara AlvarezKatie Clark

Kathy McGowan

June 19, 2009

We asked our advisees:

Surprises? If I only knew. . .Advice for new students

College is not a trade school. Wish I had been more open to exploring different courses.

I wish I knew sooner about department pages with profiles of professors and courses. Pages make it easier to research classes.

Class is not optional—don’t get caught up in the

social atmosphere.

Lots of free time – use it wisely.

Library tour! including good places to study and where the outlets are located

You need to be on your toes all the time.

I loved my Freshman Fellow—lots of people don’t realize you can just go ask her.

DEPT CRSE COURSE TITLE CR

HRS BLDG ROOM DAYS TIME

BCS 111 FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCI

04.0 DEWEY 1101 MW 4:50-6:05

BIO 111 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY II

04.0 DEWEY 1101 MWF0900-0950

BIO 111 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY II REC

REC HYLAN 101 F 2:00-3:15

BIO 111L INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY LAB

01.0 HUTCH 220 R1230-4:00

CHM 132 CHM CONCEPTS, SYST, PRACT II

05.0 HUTCH 141 TR1105-1220

CHM 132 CHM CONCEPTS LAB LECTURE "A"

L/L HUTCH 141 M1200-1250

CHM 132 132 LABORATORY LAB "A"

LAB HUTCH 106 F 5:30-8:30

MTH 141A CALCULUS WITH FOUNDATIONS

04.0 HUTCH 138 MWF1100-1150

“studying the night before was not enough”

Terry PlattProfessor of Biochemistry and BiologyContact Information:University of RochesterDepartment of BiologyRiver Campus Box 270211Rochester, New York 14627-0211Hutchison 444tpla@mail.rochester.edu585-275-8244

Librarian- writing consultant

“…finding things about her life was definitely very easy. […] I had a lot of trouble coming up with a thesis statement that, I guess I didn’t really understand. […] But at the time, I was just, I have all this research, how am I supposed to just come up with something that’s arguable, when all of it is right in front of me?”

“…finding things about her life was definitely very easy. […] I had a lot of trouble coming up with a thesis statement that, I guess I didn’t really understand. […] But at the time, I was just, I have all this research, how am I supposed to just come up with something that’s arguable, when all of it is right in front of me?”

research

thinking

writing

Library research_________________________

Writing Center writing

learning to write and to do research:

“trying to walk toward two different mountains”

Peter Elbow

student who can write a good research paper

student who can write a good research paper

Writing Center Library

Who cites whom?How to trace scholarly “conversations” using the Web of Science?

Example: Who cites Malcolm R. Parks, “Making Friends in Cyberspace,” Journal of Communication 46 (1) (1996): 80-94?

WRT 105: Growing up Asian American Topic:

Key terms:

Resources: Voyager Catalog, MLA,ProQuest Research, Google, America History & Life

Questions to answer:1. What are you finding? Are those all scholarly sources?2. What is the best way to search this resource?3. When you find something that looks good, how do you find “more like this”?4. How do you get the text in your hand?

What did we gain?

Broader perspective of student learning experience

Better understanding of the curriculum and current faculty interests

Better alignment with student and faculty needs

Fruitful collaboration with other academic units

What did our students gain?

integrated learning = better results

“…being an academic librarian means

being three things: collaborator; educator;

relationship builder. […] It all hinges on

being integrated into the teaching and

learning process on your campus.”

Steven Bell